Girl 12 Electrocuted Falling Against Porch Cooler
In Lexington Missouri a 12 year old girl Caroline Lee Jungeblut fell against a window air cooler on the porch and was electrocuted. Her mother Mrs Leroy Jungeblut, spraying water nearby, tried to help as Caroline cried for her mother. Neighbor Katherine Tutt attempted artificial respiration but could not save her.
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Markets This Week Closing Prices on Investment Shares
This week's closing prices for investment company shares are listed with quotations from Barret, Fitch, North and Co. The report reflects latest market activity and price movements across major funds and share classes.
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Agricultural and egg market price snapshot from Kansas City AP
Market report lists prices for grains and beans with wheat at 1.39, ear corn 1.08, shell 1.18, soybeans 2.31, barley 0.80, oats 0.60, and mile 1.85. Eggs show farm and retail quotes including large A 29 to 33 cents at Harwood’s and Kansas City wholesale 36 to 38 cents for large A, 28 to 30 for mediums.
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Kansas City Livestock Market Prices Report
Cattle trends show steers and heifers 25 to 75 lower than last week with calves 1.00 lower and feeders steady to 50 lower. Good to choice steers 18.50 to 25.00, heifers 17.75 to 23.00, cows 11.50 to 13.00, calves 15.00 to 17.00, feeders 15.25 to 25.00. Lambs rise 25, good to prime lambs 19.00 to 24.00, ewes 3.00 to 5.75, feeders 17.00 to 50. Hogs steady to 25 lower. barrows and gilts 15.00 to 17.25, sows 11.50 to 15.00.
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Photoperiod Affects Flowering in Chrysanthemums and Wheat
The text notes that chrysanthemum plants need long nights to bloom while wheat requires short summer nights. It contrasts how different species respond to day length to trigger flowering.
Midwest Governors Seek More Government Contracts
President Johnson urged cooperation as Midwest governors discussed increasing federal contracts. Nebraska Governor Frank Morrison led the bipartisan session. McNamara and Johnson showed sympathy and help. States on hand included Missouri Kansas Iowa North Dakota Minnesota Indiana Ohio Illinois South Dakota Michigan Wisconsin. A Defense Department representative will attend the September 9 Midwest Governors Conference in Minneapolis to discuss the issue, with another meeting planned for August.
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Assistant Warden at Lansing Prison Walks Off Without Notice
Arthur Sellers 52 an assistant warden at Lansing State Prison has been suspended after leaving his office at the women's industrial farm Thursday noon. He reportedly went to his Leavenworth home packed a suitcase and vanished. Warden Sherman Crouse ordered an audit of the farm books, noting Sellers is a bonded official and most funds are handled by check.
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Lakes Huron Michigan at 104 year low threaten shipping
Army engineers testified that water levels of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are at a 104 year low. The low levels are reported to be causing multimillion dollar losses to commercial shipping systemwide.
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Administration of Pacific Islands Trust Territories Overseen from Saipan
The Pacific Islands Trust Territories are administered from Saipan by a high commissioner who reports to the United States Interior Department.
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Kiwanis hears of convention ideas from Simons
Dolph C. Simons Jr. spoke to the Lawrence Kiwanis Club about impressions from covering the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. He described the Goldwater-Miller campaign’s organization and predicted the next 30 days would be crucial for GOP positioning as voters decide whether to back Goldwater or Kennedy Lyndon Johnson.
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Memorial Hospital Admits and Birth Announcement
Memorial Hospital admissions include Anna Vines of Eudora Dennis Snodgrass 1042 Ohio Earl Hulce Overbrook Marian Hiben 1300 Ky Robert Ammel Colorado Springs Alice Belt 1203 Oread James Headrick Della Headrick Kansas City Betty Nico lay Mary Grover Platte City Mary Hunt Haskell Grounds Eliza beth Geering 1138 Miss William Strickland Oklahoma City Freddie Sherlene Jackson Baldwin Nancy Gambrill and baby girl Tonganoxie Ruth Hicks 730 Walnut Doris Nitcher Williamstown Rose Waller 124 Pawnee. Births announced for Duane Shuck Route 5 a son Friday.
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Avery to Campaign in Lawrence and Johnson County
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bill Avery will campaign in Lawrence and Johnson County next Friday. He will spend most of his time in business districts and at shopping centers.
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Four Connecticut Men Survive Yacht Sinking Sharks Watched Them
Four Connecticut men say their Bermuda voyage aboard the Gooney Bird turned tragic after July 13 as the boat took on water. They survived by rafting, prayed daily, and endured sharks circling while a British freighter and then a Navy plane saw them and brought them ashore.
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Salina Clerk Urges Plain Writing On Registration Cards
In Salina Kansas the city clerk asks voters to write plinly on registration cards with bold caps at the top reading TO AVOID ERRORS WRITE PLINLY. The notice stresses legibility and accuracy for voter registrations.
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Seven K C Buildings Hit by Power Blackout in Downtown Kansas City
Seven downtown buildings and Union Station lost power Friday when a circuit breaker exploded at 1221 Baltimore Avenue. Two Kansas City Power and Light Co. repairmen, Henry Schweikart and Joseph Thomas, were severely burned, doused in flaming oil. Elevators and escalators halted while an electric stand by system kept trains moving and passengers waited in darkness.
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Henkle Attacks Plan on Liquor in Governor Race
In Overland Park, Democrat Joseph W. Henkle Sr. denounces a proposed liquor by the drink plan to fund education, arguing open saloons cannot educate children. He contrasts this with opponent Jules V. Doty of Ottawa who cites $8 million for schooling.
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Local Critic Faults Governing Candidate Over Liquor Laws
Henkle accuses Ferguson of failing to enforce liquor laws, saying the candidate lacks intestinal fortitude to uphold existing controls on liquor traffic and private clubs.
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Mile-High Colorado Capitol Stands One Mile Above Sea Level
The Colorado state capitol in Denver sits exactly one mile above sea level confirming its designation as the mile high capital. Denver's elevation has long been noted in state lore and geographic records.
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Denver
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